Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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A worker picks coffee beans from a plant affected by the roya coffee fungus on the Finca San Isidro Chacaya coffee plantation in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A worker picks coffee beans from a plant affected by the roya coffee fungus on the Finca San Isidro Chacaya coffee plantation in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Brenda Lourdes Perez Martinez, 11, helps her family pick coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Brenda Lourdes Perez Martinez, 11, helps her family pick coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, holds a handful of drying coffee near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, holds a handful of drying coffee near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, holds a handful of drying coffee near Antigua, Guatemala on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, holds a handful of drying coffee near Antigua, Guatemala on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, stands on the roof where coffee is dried near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, stands on the roof where coffee is dried near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Juana del Rosario Lopez and her daughter Clara, coffee production workers, leave the fields after picking coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Juana del Rosario Lopez and her daughter Clara, coffee production workers, leave the fields after picking coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Juana del Rosario Lopez and her daughter Clara, coffee production workers, review their harvest after picking coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Juana del Rosario Lopez and her daughter Clara, coffee production workers, review their harvest after picking coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Juana del Rosario Lopez, a coffee production worker, reviews her harvest after picking coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemala,n National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Juana del Rosario Lopez, a coffee production worker, reviews her harvest after picking coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemala,n National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Brenda Lourdes Perez Martinez, 11, helps her family pick coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Brenda Lourdes Perez Martinez, 11, helps her family pick coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Children help their families pick coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Children help their families pick coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Mario Acajabon, 28, picks coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Mario Acajabon, 28, picks coffee beans on a small parcel damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, points out damaged coffee beans near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, points out damaged coffee beans near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, points out damaged coffee beans near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, points out damaged coffee beans near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Coffee plants sit defoliated and damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee plants sit defoliated and damaged by the roya coffee fungus near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coffee Harvest Threatened By Roya Disease

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Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, points out damaged coffee beans near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Hector Perez, a small batch coffee producer, points out damaged coffee beans near Antigua, Guatemala, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A worker picks coffee beans from a plant affected by the roya coffee... News PhotoAgriculture,Bean,Coffee Crop,Coffee Rust,Delivering,Farm,Finance,Fungus,Guatemala,Harvesting,Latin America,Man Made Object,Occupation,Outdoors,Plantation,Santiago De Atitlan,The Americas,USA,VerticalPhotographer BloombergCollection: Bloomberg 2013 BloombergA worker picks coffee beans from a plant affected by the roya coffee fungus on the Finca San Isidro Chacaya coffee plantation in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, on Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association said that rust disease, known as roya in Spanish, will destroy 15 percent of the 2012-2013 harvest and as much as 40 percent of next season’s harvest. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images